Motorized bubble making and propelling toy gun with lateral wiper

Abstract

A hand holdable bubble producing toy that, when activated by the user, produces a stream of bubbles. Activation of the toy is accomplished by manually moving of a trigger which electrically operates a fan and a pump, as well as a manual film producing mechanism in order to produce and dispense bubbles. The toy includes a collection system for recycling excess bubble solution and structure for supplying supplemental air for disbursement of bubbles blown.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An improved bubble producing toy comprising: a housing having an internal chamber;   a dispensing opening formed within said housing and connecting with said internal chamber, said dispensing opening connecting to the ambient, a sleeve mounted within said dispensing opening, said sleeve having a central opening and a dispensing surface;   a reservoir mounted on said housing, said reservoir to contain a liquid, said liquid being capable of producing air bubbles;   a pump mounted on said housing, said pump being connected to said reservoir;   a source of blown air produced within said internal chamber, said source to be dispensed into said central opening of said sleeve into the ambient, said source of said blown air being produced by a fan, said fan being mounted within said internal chamber of said housing, said fan being operated by an electrical motor, said pump being operable to move said liquid to be dispensed at said sleeve, said electrical motor also operating said pump; and   a film producing mechanism mounted on said housing, said film producing mechanism including a wiper bar, said wiper bar being located against said dispensing surface, said wiper bar being laterally movable back and forth across said dispensing surface, said liquid from said reservoir to be moved by said pump to said dispensing surface whereby said wiper bar locates a thin film of said liquid across said dispensing surface as said wiper bar is moved laterally across said dispensing surface downstream of air flow from said source flowing through said thin film mounted across said central opening which creates air bubbles.   
     
     
       2. The improved bubble producing toy as defined in claim 1 wherein: said sleeve having an exterior wall surface which is spaced from said internal chamber forming a plurality of discharge openings surrounding said sleeve, a portion of said blown air from said source to be discharged through said discharge openings into the ambient.   
     
     
       3. The improved bubble producing toy as defined in claim 1 wherein: a drip rod being mounted within said housing, said drip rod being connected to said sleeve, excess liquid is to be conducted by gravity onto said drip rod into a catching funnel, said catching funnel being located within said internal chamber and connected to said reservoir, any excess liquid is to be caused to flow through said catching funnel back into said reservoir; and   there being a one-way valve mounted between said catching funnel and said reservoir that only permits liquid to be conducted from said catching funnel into said reservoir, said one-way valve comprising a ball check valve.   
     
     
       4. The bubble producing toy as defined in claim 1 wherein: a trigger actuating switch being mounted on said housing, said trigger actuating switch being movable between an activating position and a deactivating position, said trigger actuating switch having a hook member, an electrical contact being continuously biased to electrically connect with said electrical motor, said hook member to be engagable with said electrical contact, with said trigger actuating switch in said deactivating position said electrical contact being spaced from said motor by said hook member causing said motor to not operate, with said trigger actuating switch in said activating position said electrical contact being connected to said electrical motor causing said motor to operate.   
     
     
       5. The improved bubble producing toy as defined in claim 1 wherein: said fan being mounted within said fan housing, said fan housing having an opening through which external air is to be conducted to be moved by said fan, a volume control mechanism mounted in conjunction with said opening, said volume control mechanism to be movable to vary the volume of flow of external air into said opening.   
     
     
       6. The improved bubble producing toy as defined in claim 5: a trigger actuating switch being mounted on said housing, said trigger actuating switch being movable between an activating position and a deactivating position, said trigger actuating switch having a hook member, an electrical contact being continuously biased to electrically connect with said electrical motor, said hook member to be engagable with said electrical contact, with said trigger actuating switch in said deactivating position said electrical contact being spaced from said motor by said hook member causing said motor to not operate, with said trigger actuating switch in said activating position said electrical contact being connected to said electrical motor causing said motor to operate.   
     
     
       7. The improved bubble producing toy as defined in claim 6 wherein: said volume control mechanism being connected to said trigger actuated switch and be movable therewith.